• ColdWater@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    I really wanna switch to Linux so bad because of windows 10 support is ending soon and windows 11 suck ass I especially hate chatgpt and edge and boring desktop environment and sloppy navigation around the os and inconsistent design and everything else really, the only reason I use computer is games and a bit of documents editing but I lose half of my fps when I played on Linux which is a big deal when all I have is a potato laptop, hopefully by the time windows 10 ended support gaming on Linux will be at least 80% of the windows performance

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      7 months ago

      the only reason I use computer is games and a bit of documents editing but I lose half of my fps when I played on Linux which is a big deal when all I have is a potato laptop

      You might be using the wrong driver or something. Usually Linux has at least comparable framerates to Windows, if not faster.

    • Lumelore (She/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      7 months ago

      I switched to Linux a few months ago after building a new computer as I didn’t feel like paying over $100 for an OS that has ads in the start menu and spammy popups.

      Almost all of my games work fine and don’t have any issues with lag. The exception is GTA V which doesn’t work at all and Sims 4 which works fine but EA’s launcher has given me a few issues.

      You shouldn’t have any issues with document editing or web browsing. In my experience printing actually works better on Linux than it did for me on Windows.

      If you want you could dual boot or keep an old windows system around to play games that aren’t working on Linux, but in my experience, most games, especially indie games, work just fine on Linux.

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        7 months ago

        GTA V which doesn’t work at all

        YMMV. Works out of the box on the deck and I don’t remember having any problems with it on arch.

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        7 months ago

        Yesterday played in it.Pirated one version works fine since it’s doesn’t relay on any laucher ;)

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        7 months ago

        Dualboot could work, I tried it before and didn’t go very well I might give it another chance, by the way does online games with anti cheat that works on Linux under wine will that get me ban?

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        7 months ago

        You can literally just download Windows for free from the Microsoft site.

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      7 months ago

      Trying not to be one of those “but did you try” replies, but personally, I would run Fedora xfce spin to see if anything changes.

      Cutting edge kernel modules + minimal X11 DE will rule out stupidity from Wayland and make it easier to try some different settings.

      AMD is supposed to work out of box, but I’ve heard there are some quirks with certain GPUs in which you may need to set some kernel flags.

      Ex: https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/how-to-install-amd-graphics-driver-on-fedora-36/74052/5

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      7 months ago

      Damn they’re ending support next year: October 14, 2025. I thought it would continue a few more years.